First Cherry blossoms!!!
Originally uploaded by Alison J. L.
I cannot express how happy I was to see this tree blooming on my walk to school Thursday morning. Wintertime is long and cold here, and I have been overjoyed at 45 degree weather. I think the temperatures are actually similar to Portland, but it is so dry here that the occasional wind is absolutely frigid. I hear summer is crazy hot, so I'm not sure I'm looking forward to that, but I am thinking Spring should be nice. With the change in season, I got sick (yet again) and lost my voice. I was still teaching of course and actually convinced all the little ones that there was an actual frog in my throat. I forgot how gullible kids are and they all totally believe me. I told them that I had slept with my mouth open and a frog had jumped in during the night. Once they understood, they all wanted to see and touch my throat. Luckily, I have naturally gigantic tonsils that actually do feel a bit froggish from the outside, so once a few kids "touched the frog", they were all totally sold. They even started telling other teachers about it, which I think is great. I'm hoping my voice will be back to normal by Monday and I can tell them all that it hopped back out again. Rather than being a hilarious waste of time, I'm hoping some of them pick up the expression "There's a frog in my throat", but we'll see.
Last night we went to this thing called "crap art" at Club That. We paid 5,000 Won to get in and can make all the art you like. They opened up a bunch of the rooms and people were painting and drawing all over the walls and floors. I found a can of red spray paint and some charcoal and made a rather large and crappy rendition of the tattoo I hope to get in Japan in May. I hadn't drawn in a really long time and it was lots of fun. I might go get some supplies this weekend and start up again.
yay, Springtime!
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